Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-02
GEO. III. BLAKE. Publisher.

for me 2" you ask.
Yes; he left something Tor every
person who had stood in that long
line on cold mornings of this winter
and Of those who have preceded Il.
lie left me something.
A portion 81 the money was used
% erect Lowell Institute, in which
is capacious hall. Another portion
was set aside as a fund e. provide in-
tellectual food for the people o.
spread feast so rich in flavor. 80
rare in quality, 80 abundant iu guam
tity, that il will bc a liberal education
10 any one who sits at the banquet
table. and to give H.. az salvation IL
given, without money and without
price" But, as there are terus a.
be complied with before one may
drink from the fountains of life. so
is there something 10 be- done before
one may claim place at this "feast of
reason" And We fifteen hundred la
that line were simply complying with
those conditions.
"IIard ones 2"
That depends ON the strength of
ones desires 90 be- present NJ the han-
quet. With reason, Il is argued that
only that which costs something la
effort or money is appreciated. IL is
always the person riding on pass
who lifts his voice the highest la con-
demnation of the road he rides over.
The "dead head" az an entertainment
finds more fault than he who pays
for admission. The beggar sharp
~ criticizes breakfast that an
honest laborer would eat with thank
fulness in his heart. The law of av-
erages compels exertion before the
reward Of keen enjoyment can be- se-
cured.
deserve the reward, dO we ~
We think so, and we expect IL; at
least, eight hundred Of az do; but
the others went their way sorrowing.
Like the foolish Virgins, they had
come "tOO late" We who had risen
with the snow bird aud held Our plac.
es as firmly as the Egyptian Sphynx,
marched homeward with gladness
shining in eyes which looked ont
above very red noses, and lips as
blue as the bluest blood Of proud old
Boston town.
"What had happened|
Why, don't you seer We came
away bearing in our hands not palms
but pasteboard, and not very thick
pasteboard at that but Il gives us
the entire Of the banquet hall Il se-
cures us a seat at the feast-not one
feast alone, but six-and over each
is to preside
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL,
the poet, the man whose broad, deep
culture places him among the foio-
most literateurs of the day. We may
all forget that for four wears he rep
resented the United States at the
Court of Saint James, for govern
ment can make a foreign minister out
of most any kind Of a man, but
dozen governments could not give 10
us the pleasure we have had through
reading the poems Of this gifted man.
Can one ever forget the "First Snow
fall, which made our eyes grow sud
denly AZ misty as AN April morn2 In
many memory his "Bigelow Pa
pers," by far the best New England
dialect poems ever published, will al
ways be faithfully treasured. Who
can look out ON winter night, when
the moon looks down upon the snow
clad earth, without recalling Lowelfs
lines:
"fiod makes .sch nights. au white a1d suu.
Furz you can look listen.
Moonshine and snow 90 Geld 49, hili,
Al silence an Al giislen."
And his Sermon on War-was ever
forceful argument condensed 10 strong
terms
"Ez for var. call it uBnraer-
There you hcv it plain and naf,
don't want ~ go no frdsr
Than my Testymeut f1r thaf5
God hsz sed so plump aad iaiuy,
Irssz long - if o. broad.
AH' you've Rot b. Rit up alry
~ you want b. Take in f,sd.
'Taiut your sppyletis an' foathen
MAKE ths thing gfain more right.
'Taiut f1llern' your be|i.estheu
vii excuse you in iIis sight.
Efyou take twori an' drorif.
An ~ stsk fsiief tiru,
'neni ain't 20 aBsWff ior b.,
Coin send ths bi. io yoa."
Yes, we are sure Of our reward
eignt hundred of us. We do not
count the cost too great, though We
stood ia that long line on cold
March morning from little after
seven until the long fingers on the
,lock dial pointed to a quarter of ZEN.
We know what We were there for,
,nd were abundantly satisfied for Our
rouble.
Patient reader, are y0uf
THtFAA.
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i0rth 81 Mexico scens, from
historic ~ we'll a. natural evidence.
- be- in the main free from any rpn-
.iderable danger 81 earthquake,
which are necessarily destructive to
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